Table 4.
Resource utilization related to Parkinson's disease over 12 months.
| Mild n = 35 |
Moderate–severe n = 52 |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitalisations | |||
| Mean number of hospital admissions per person per year | 0.60 | 1.29 | <0.001 |
| SD 0.81 | SD 1.29 | ||
| Public hospital | 0.11 | 0.62 | 0.01 |
| SD 0.32 | SD 1.19 | ||
| Private hospital | 0.49 | 0.67 | 0.20 |
| SD 0.74 | SD 1.12 | ||
| Mean hospital LOS (days) per person per year | 4.43 | 20.15 | <0.001 |
| SD 6.77 | SD 26.20 | ||
| Public hospital LOS | 0.86 | 10.83 | <0.001 |
| SD 2.81 | SD 24.06 | ||
| Private hospital LOS | 3.57 | 9.33 | 0.02 |
| SD 6.56 | SD 16.58 | ||
| Hospital transport (mean number times) | |||
| Ambulance (road + air) | 0.11 | 0.58 | 0.01 |
| SD 0.32 | SD 1.18 | ||
| Private car | 0.43 | 0.98 | 0.02 |
| SD 0.65 | SD 1.39 | ||
| Taxi | 0.09 | 0.04 | 0.22 |
| SD 0.37 | SD 0.19 | ||
| Medical services (mean number of visits) | |||
| General practice | 10.17 | 10.25 | 0.47 |
| SD 4.62 | SD 4.35 | ||
| Medical specialist Services | 12.00 | 28.32 | <0.001 |
| SD 9.66 | SD 18.56 | ||
| Imaging | 4.50 | 2.98 | <0.001 |
| SD 1.90 | SD 1.53 | ||
| Pathology | 13.51 | 18.58 | 0.05 |
| SD 5.70 | SD 16.92 | ||
| Allied health services (mean number of visits) | |||
| Physiotherapy | 7.11 | 10.06 | 0.15 |
| SD 12.66 | SD 12.99 | ||
| Podiatry | 1.06 | 2.38 | 0.01 |
| SD 1.86 | SD 3.09 | ||
| Occupational therapy | 0.34 | 0.83 | 0.06 |
| SD 0.76 | SD 1.69 | ||
| Speech therapy | 0.03 | 0.56 | 0.04 |
| SD 0.17 | SD 1.70 | ||
| Psychology | 0.03 | 0.30 | 0.04 |
| SD 0.17 | SD 0.82 | ||
| Dietetics | 0.00 | 0.21 | 0.12 |
| SD 0.00 | SD 1.07 | ||
| Chiropractic | 0.03 | 0.44 | 0.09 |
| SD 0.17 | SD 1.81 | ||
| Optometry | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.34 |
| SD 0.24 | SD 0.20 | ||
| Other | 1 | 1.02 | 0.49 |
| SD 1.96 | SD 2.57 | ||
| Other medical services (dental) (mean number of visits) | 1.11 | 0.25 | 0.08 |
| SD 4.15 | SD 1.40 | ||
| Home based care and community services (mean number of hours) | |||
| Formal care hours, nurse | — | 7.00 | — |
| SD 30.94 | |||
| Formal care hours, PCA | — | 31.00 | — |
| SD 80.60 | |||
| Informal care hours | 96.2 | 775 | 0.01 |
| SD 354.53 | SD 1492.37 | ||
| Meals on wheels | 11.89 | 89.00 | 0.05 |
| SD 50.58 | 263.41 |